List of Illustrations

"A Crow is a Crow for Ever"[Frontispiece]
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Title-page[v]
Preface: Headpiece[vii]
Contents: Headpiece[ix]
" Tailpiece[xi]
The Talking Thrush:
Initial[1]
The Rabbit and the Monkey:
Initial[8]
Man with Bamboo Pole[9]
"Sit in front of that Man"[11]
Tailpiece[15]
The Sparrow's Revenge:
"Up jumped the Boy, and out he ran"[19]
The Judgment of the Jackal:
Initial[21]
"The Merchant was much dismayed"[22]
"And away they went"[23]
How the Mouse got into his Hole:
Initial[25]
King Solomon and the Owl:
Initial[30]
Tailpiece[32]
The Camel's Neck:
Headpiece[33]
The Quail and the Fowler:
Headpiece[36]
Tailpiece[38]
The King of the Kites:
Initial[39]
"The Frog turned up his flat nose"[41]
The Jackal and the Camel:
Tailpiece[46]
The Wise Old Shepherd:
Initial[47]
The Fifth Shepherd[51]
Tailpiece[52]
Beware of Bad Company:
Initial[53]
The Cat and the Sparrows:
Initial[61]
"Just at that moment up came a Cat"[63]
Tailpiece[64]
The Foolish Fish:
Initial[65]
Tailpiece[71]
The Clever Goat:
Tailpiece[75]
A Crow is a Crow for Ever:
"And took him home to the Palace"[77]
Tailpiece[80]
The Grateful Goat:
Initial[81]
Tailpiece[84]
The Cunning Jackal:
Initial[85]
The Farmer's Ass:
"He shaved off every scrap of hair from his head"[89]
"It was not easy to get their hair back again"[92]
Tailpiece[92]
The Parrot Judge:
The Parrot in Court[95]
Tailpiece[96]
The Frog and the Snake:
Tailpiece[98]
"He saw a Frog swimming on the top of the water"[99]
Little Miss Mouse and her Friends:
Tailpiece[104]
The Jackal that Lost his Tail:
"Suddenly cut off the Jackal's tail"[106]
Tailpiece[109]
The Wily Tortoise:
Initial[110]
Tailpiece[111]
The Valiant Blackbird:
"He sent a Fowler to catch him"[117]
Tailpiece[122]
The Goat and the Hog:
A Demon[123]
Tailpiece[126]
The Parrot and the Parson:
Initial[127]
Tailpiece[129]
The Lion and the Hare:
Initial[130]
Tailpiece[131]
The Monkey's Bargains:
Initial[132]
The Monkey's Rebuke:
"Oft had this Monkey seen the Milkman pour water into the Milk-cans"[140]
"Then after a while he came to a Pond"[141]
Tailpiece[144]
The Bull and the Bullfinch:
Initial[145]
Tailpiece[149]
The Swan and the Crow:
Initial[150]
"Hm, hm," said the Judge, looking at the Crow[153]
Tailpiece[155]
Pride shall have a Fall:
Initial[156]
Tailpiece[159]
The Kid and the Tiger:
Initial[160]
The Stag, the Crow, and the Jackal:
Initial[166]
Tailpiece[169]
The Monkey and the Crows:
"O Monkey, what a fool you must be!"[171]
Tailpiece[172]
The Swan and the Paddy-bird:
Initial[173]
Tailpiece[175]
What is a Man:
"He espied an Elephant"[178]
"I am a Man," said the other[180]
The Wound and the Scar:
Initial[182]
Tailpiece[185]
The Cat and the Parrot:
"The Cat said to the Parrot, Come, friend"[187]
"An old woman happened to be near"[191]
Finis[218]

The Talking Thrush

[Notes]

CERTAIN man had a garden, and in his garden he sowed cotton seeds. By-and-by the cotton seeds grew up into a cotton bush, with big brown pods upon it. These pods burst open when they are ripe; and you can see the fluffy white cotton bulging all white out of the pods. There was a Thrush in this garden, and the Thrush thought within herself how nice and soft the cotton looked. She plucked out some of it to line her nest with; and never before was her sleep so soft as it was on that bed of cotton.